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Christian Adolph Nystad

Publisher, Magdeburg of "BATALAS DU REĜOJ" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta

Anthony Nye

Author of "O God, your people gather" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement

Theodorici Petri Nylandensis

Composer of "DIVINUM MYSTERIUM" in Les Chants du Pèlerin

1842 - 1907 Person Name: Erik Nyström, 1842-1907 Translator of "O Zion, Acclaim Your Redeemer!" in The Covenant Hymnal Nystroem, Johan Erik. (Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1842--July 3, 1907, Algeria). Swedish Covenant and Baptist. Uppsala University, Ph.D. 1866. Taught at Bethel Seminary. Compiled a Bible concordance 1868. In 1878 went to Beirut as a missionary under the Evangelical Alliance. Missionary to Algeria under the Swedish Covenant 1887-1907. Greatest contribution was translating hymns from English to Swedish, especially the Sankey songs. These were published in ten parts between 1875 and 1886 under the title Sånger till lammets lof. Worked on the first hymnal of the Swedish Covenant. --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives

T. E. Nye

Composer of "[I'm glad that I have a "Good Shepherd"]" in Gospel Herald in Song

Cora Nyegaard

Composer of "[Lift up thy head, O Chrsitendom]" in Hymnal for Church and Home

C. Nysewander

Author of "Children's Song" in Always Welcome

David Nyvall

1863 - 1946 Person Name: D. N. Author of "Påskmorgonen" in De Ungas Sångbok Nyvall, David. (Värmland, Sweden, January 19, 1863--February 6, 1946, St. Paul, Minnesota). Evangelical Covenant. Son of Karl Johan Nyvall. Junior college at Gävle. Premedical studies at Uppsala University and Carolinian Institute 1883-1885. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1886. On faculty of Swedish department of Chicago Theological Seminary 1887-1890. One of the founders and first president of North Park College and Theological Seminary (and Academy), 1891-1904 and 1912-1923. Secretary of the Evangelical Covenant Church 1895-1893. President of Walden College, McPherson, Kansas, 1905-1910. Professor of Scandinavian languages, University of Washington, 1910-1912. Dean of North Park Seminary 1923-1925 and teacher until 1941. Author of several books, one in English: The Swedish Covenanters (1930). --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives